In the east part of town, in the region known as the Nook and more recently
as Ahdenah, is a little pond called in early days the Teal-Hole; in Blackwater
Swamp, behind the house of George Shiverick. is another which still bears the
name. These ponds or little drinking holes were frequented by the teal, a wild
fowl common in early days. The Teal-Hole at the Nook, now crossed by River Street,
has also been valued highly as a drinking place for cattle which are pastured
in that vicinity.